Quantification and mapping of the nutrient regulation ecosystem service demand on a local scale

verfasst von

Sabine Bicking, Bastian Steinhoff-Knopp, Benjamin Burkhard, Felix Müller

Abstract

In this study, the nutrient regulation ecosystem service (ES) demand was quantified and mapped in an agriculturally-dominated landscape in the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The demand was assessed in a case study area on an individual field scale. As an indicator for the nutrient regulation ecosystem service demand, nitrogen budgets were calculated. The assessment includes a comparison of an agriculturally calculated nitrogen budget to an ecologically calculated nitrogen budget. The agricultural calculation is based on legal regulations and considers volatile nitrogen losses from fertilizers, whereas the ecological calculation incorporates the total amount of nitrogen and includes also the atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Furthermore, the positive effects of additional agricultural practices on the nutrient regulation ES demand were identified. The spatial distribution of the nutrient regulation ES demand was compared to the distribution of the nitrate leaching and denitrification potential in order to analyse the relative vulnerability of individual fields to nutrient oversupply. The findings of this study, which highlight in particular the suitability of enlarged crop rotation systems, can be used to support sustainable agricultural practices and land management strategies on the local sale. EDITED BY Christine Fürst.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Physische Geographie und Landschaftsökologie
Arbeitsgruppe Physische Geographie

Externe Organisation(en)

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Ecosystems and People

Band

16

Seiten

114-134

Anzahl der Seiten

21

ISSN

2639-5908

Publikationsdatum

12.02.2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Ökologie, Evolution, Verhaltenswissenschaften und Systematik, Fahrzeugbau, Natur- und Landschaftsschutz, Management, Monitoring, Politik und Recht

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 2 – Kein Hunger, SDG 15 – Lebensraum Land

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2020.1722753 (Zugang: Geschlossen)